Monday, May 29, 2017

The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for May 29, 2017

Thomas Roy "Goat" Walker of Troy, Ala.

THREE YEARS AGO

JUNE 5, 2014

All-Star teams announced:
Evergreen’s Cal Ripken Baseball League released the names of their
11-and-12-Year-Old All-Star Team on Tuesday morning, and the team’s roster
features the names of 12 of the best youth baseball players in Conecuh County.

The team will represent
Conecuh County in the district tournament, which is scheduled to begin Fri.,
June 13, at 6 p.m. in East Brewton. In the opening game of the tourney,
Evergreen will play Covington County. At the same time on another field,
Andalusia will play East Brewton.

Officials with Evergreen’s
Cal Ripken youth baseball league announced the members of the league’s
7-and-8-Year-Old All Star Team last week

At the plate, the Braves were
led by Kelly, Dakota Coleman and Noah Pettis, who hit two singles each. Roper,
Nick Beasley and Logan Thompson chipped in a single each.

28 YEARS AGO

JUNE 1, 1989

HORSE SHOW IN ANDY: The Blue
Ribbon Saddle Club of Andalusia will sponsor an open horse show on Sat., June
3, beginning at 2 p.m. There will be pleasure, racking and timed event classes.
Points earned will apply toward the D.H.S.A. year-end high points.

53 YEARS AGO

JUNE 4, 1964

SR.
LEAGUE SCHEDULE: The Evergreen Senior Baseball League will start play next
Monday night at six o’clock. Game time for all games will be 6 p.m. The league
will take a breather July 5 through July 12 for Boy Scout Camp.

Sr. League meets, lists players: The second meeting of
the Evergreen Senior League was held in the Civic Room of the Court House
Monday night, June 1, 1964, at 7:30. The meeting was presided over by President
Bill Chapman.

Lee Anthony Making Good In
South Atlantic League: Lee Anthony, former Evergreen and Andalusia pitcher, is
upholding his reputation as an ace pitcher by winning five games out of six
starts with the Jacksonville club of the South Atlantic League. His only defeat
so far this season came as a result of an error by Manager Goat Walker in the
ninth inning with two out and one on. Walker dropped a fly ball.

Arthur Goetz, also a former
Evergreen hurler, now playing with the Albany club of the Georgia-Florida
League, struck out eight men and shut out the Cordele club 3-0 May 25. However
the game was played under protest of Manager Harry Rice, who at one time
managed the Evergreen club.

Bruno Shedis, another former
Evergreen pitcher, has won three and lost three for the Elmira club of the
Eastern League.

Greenies Win One, Lose One
During Week: Behind the four-hit pitching of their ace flinger, Watson, the
Greenies clubbed their way to a 5 to 3 win over the Jay, Fla. team here
Thursday afternoon. For the first four innings, McCurdy, Jay’s twirler, had the
Greenies handcuffed, pitching no-hit ball up to the fifth stanza, at which time
third-sacker Raines tapped a single. Jay scored in the first inning when
Prickett scored from third on a single by Lashley, after the locals had
committed two errors. Jay scored again in the third as North crossed the plate
as a result of three errors and a double.

In the sixth, the Greenies
started a rally that netted them five runs out of four hits and a walk.
Barfield cleared the bases with what is technically a double but in reality it
was a homer. The all was a hard hit one to left that went to the fence, rolled
through a crack and down to the swamp. In the eighth, Jay pulled in another run
off a walk, two stolen bases and a double. Watson whiffed nine Jay batters
while his mound opponent salted away five.

The Monroeville baseballers
washed into town Sunday afternoon and lambasted their way to a 5 to 2 victory
over the Greenies behind the five-hit pitching of Zuber, their ace moundsman.
Greenie errors helped the Monroeville cause to a considerable extent and was
the cause of three Monroeville scores in the seventh inning. Watson, Greenie
hurler, matched Zuber’s performance, allowing only five hits to leave the
Monroe bats.

103 YEARS AGO

JUNE 3, 1914

Fishing parties are numerous
and frequent during the warm clear weather of the past few weeks. Some of the
anglers report excellent success while others have little to say.

Hon. D.F. Crum sustained a
painful accident one day last week and was confined to his room for several
days in consequence. He and J.D. Moorer were fishing on Murder Creek and while
he was sitting near the railroad trestle a piece of coal or some other missile
fell from a passing engine striking him with great force on the forehead
producing an ugly wound. He was brought home as quickly as possible and given
medical attention. He has about recovered we are glad to note.